Mail-sack label holder



April 22 1924.

W. J. RYAN MAIL SACK LABEL HOLDER Filed Feb. 5, 1923 Lil 92w 4 F J E 9 3i .maJ 7 i9 4 U 9 1 o G 3 ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Apr. 22, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J'. RYAN,'OF BRIDGEWATER, SOUTH DAKOTA, ASSIG-NOR TO MARY RYAN, I 0]? BRIDGEWATER, SOUTH DAKOTA.

MAIL-SACK LABEL HOLDER.

Application filed February 5, 1923. Serial 110,617,025.

[ '0 all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. RYAN, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Bridgewater, in the county of McCook and State of South Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mail-Sack Label Holders, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to mail sacks and has for its object the provision of a novel label holder and securing device embodying several features of advantage, one of which is the provision of means within the device for holding the label instead of providing an exteriorly mounted holder as is the common practice.

An important object is the provision of a device oil this character in which the label will automatically fall out when the holder is opened at the time it is removed from the mail sack.

Another object is the provision of a device of this character which when applied will automatically lock upon the securing cords of the sack so that when a pad lock is subsequently applied to the device removal of the label holder will be prevented.

An additional object is the pro-vision of a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly efficient in use, durable in service and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illus trated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device applied,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section,

Figure 3 is a cross section, taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a plan View with the slotted cover plate removed.

Figure 5 is a detail cross section on the line 5-5 of Figure 2 and Figure 6 is a cross section on the line 66 of Figure 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the letter A represents a mail sack and B designates the cords thereof. In carrying out my invention I provide an elongated trough like member 10 constructed of sheet metal such as galvanized iron or the like and having one end provided with guides 11 for the passage of the cords B, it being intended that these cords be threaded through the device from the other end thereof. Extending from the main wall of this member 10 near the guides 11 is a staple 12 which projects beyond the open side of the member. Secured within the member 10, as for instance, by soldering mail.

The numeral '15 represents the cover which is of substantially the same length as the member 10 and which is likewise trough shaped and which is disposed with its side flanges in straddling relation to "the member 10, the two members being pivotally connected by a pintle pin 16. The free end of the cover is formed with a slot 17 for the passage of the staple 12, while the intermediate portion is provided with a slot 18 permitting inspection of the label, this slot 18 being provided at its ends with inwardly extending flanges 19 which engage the end portions of the label for holding it firmly upon the plate 13. At its pivoted end the cover is provided with a cam 20 which bightingly engages and squeezes the cords B when the cover is swung down onto the member 10. This lock .Or grip prevents removal of the holder from the cords until the device is opened'up at the destination of the mail sack. It is intended that an ordinary pad lock D be applied to the staple 12 as the cover is closed.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will be apparent that I have thus provided a very simply constructed and consequently inexpensive holder for the labels of mail sacks whichhas under the old method. Another featureis that when the device is opened up to permit its removal from the mail sack the label will fall out instead of being picked away, an operation which is more or less tedious. Owing to the simplicity of the construction and the fewness of the parts it is apparent that there is nothing to get out of order so that the device should have a long life and satisfactorily perform all of its functions.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. A holder for mail sack labels comprising an elongated trough like body open at both ends and adapted to receive the cords of a mail sack, the cords being passed through the body from end to end thereof, a cover hinged upon one end of the body and swingable toward and from the same, and a clamping cam on the hinge adapted to engage the cords for compressing the same against the bottom of the body.

2. A holder for mail sack labels comprising an elongated trough like body open at both ends and adapted to receive the cords of a mail sack, the cords being passed through the body from end to end thereof, a cover hinged upon one end of the body and swingable toward and from the same, and a clamping cam on the hinge adapted to engage the cords for compressing the same against the bottom of the body, a staple projecting from the body, and the cover having a slot for the passage of said staple, the staple being adapted to have engaged thereon the shackle of a pad lock for effecting securing.

3. A holder for mail sack labels, comprising an elongated trough like body member provided at one end with guides and adapt-- ed to receive the cords of a mail sack, the cords being passed through said guides, a staple on the back wall of said body member projecting beyond the opened front thereof, a label holder within said body, a cover piv oted at one end beyond the body and adapted to close the open front thereof, said cover being formed with a slot for the passage of said staple and an opening exposing the label, and a locking cam at the hinged end of the cover squ'eezingly engaging said cords.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM J. RYAN. 

